Elastic metallic tire.



No. 814,161. PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906 A. PEUST. ELASTIG METALLIO TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.20.1905.

+ '/f/ WW Q7 ALBERT PEST, OF HANOVER, GERMANY.

ELAsTic METALLic Tina.,

Speciflcation of Letters iiatent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application fllod February 20, 1906. Serial No. 246,488.

To all wwm it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, ALBERT PEUs'r, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of Hanover, in the Kindom of Prussia and the Empire of Germany, ave invented a new aiid useful Elastic Metal Tire for Wheeled Vehicles of All Kinds for Ordinary Roads, of wliich tlie following is a specification.

This inveiition consists in an improved elastic tire for veliicles of all kinds for ordinary roads iii which the running-surface is formed of metal wires.

In the'accoinpanying drawings, in which siinilar letters refer throughout to similar parts, Fi'ui'e 1 is a front longitudinal section of part ofa tire iiiade according to iiiy invention; Fig. 2, a lan view tliereof, and Fig. 3 a wheel mrtly tired according to niy system.

The e astic.inetal tire consists, first, of a structure similar to a stiif circular 'brush formed of steel wires b, set in a firin under layer a, which surrounds and fits in tlie riin of tlie wheel. The wires are not radial to the wheel, biit lie somcwhat iiiclincd to the radii or s okes; but this inclination is iii the plane of 't e wheel. .The result of this iiiclination from tlie i'adial position is that tlu` wires b which go to make up the tire always lean iii one dii'ection, whether the wheel is standing still oi' running aiid under light or ,lieav load, and thereby continually support each other, and there is attained a limited llexibility and elasticity. Further, the wheeltread retains a regular form.

In order to attain a certain degree of lateral ugive on curves or in case the vehicle receives Sudden severe jars or blows, to relieve the steel strips b these last are protected on each side by a ring d, of suitable elastic material, which can be attached to and lie on the under layer a or directly on the felly c.

The above-described tire is applied around the felly c and fastened thereto in any suit able and pi'actical manner. The felly c can also be specially constructed to receive the steel wires.

What I claim as iny inveiition, and desire to secure to niyself by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a metal tire for Vehicles for ordinary roads, the combination of an under layer a steel wires b attached obliquely to said under layer and resilient peri heral walls (Z laterally of s'aid iinder'layer an extending outwardly beyond the same to a distance interiiiediate between the under layer and the outer ends of the wires'for the piirpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I liave signed niy name to this specification in the presencc of two siihscribing witncsses.

' ALBERT PEUST. Witnesses:

Li'zoNoRE RAsciI, ANNA SIGGEL. 

